[Machine] He informed me that he said, "I was the leader after my father lost his sight. He could not hear the call to prayer on Fridays except that he said, 'May the mercy of Allah be upon As'ad ibn Zurara.' So I said after a while, 'If I ask my father what his situation is when he hears the call to prayer, he says, 'May the mercy of Allah be upon As'ad ibn Zurara.' So I said, 'Oh father, I am amazed by your prayer upon Abu Umamah every time you hear the call to prayer on Fridays.' He said, 'Oh my son, he was the first to gather us for Friday prayer in Madinah after the defeat of the Hawazim tribe of Bani Bayadah in the area known as Al-Khadimah.' I asked, 'And how many of you were there that day?' He said, 'Forty men.' Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summarized version."
أَخْبَرَهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَائِدَ أَبِي بَعْدَمَا ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ فَكَانَ لَا يَسْمَعُ الْأَذَانَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا قَالَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ فَقُلْتُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ لَوْ سَأَلْتُ أَبِي مَا شَأْنُهُ إِذَا سَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ قَالَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ؟ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ إِنَّهُ لَتُعْجِبُنِي صَلَاتُكَ عَلَى أَبِي أُمَامَةَ كُلَّمَا سَمِعْتَ الْأَذَانَ بِالْجُمُعَةِ قَالَ «أَيْ بُنَيَّ كَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ جَمَعَ لَنَا الْجُمُعَةَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي هَزْمٍ مِنْ حَرَّةِ بَنِي بَيَاضَةَ فِي بَقِيعِ يُقَالُ لَهُ الْخَضِمَاتِ» قُلْتُ وَكَمْ أَنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ «أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص